Construct · 2 fields · 2 citations

Where does spoiler collide?

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spoiler2 CONSTRUCTSPeace-process spoilerSTEDMAN · PEACEStory spoilerLEAVITT · PLOT REVEAL

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International relations

An actor who wrecks a peace settlement

In the study of conflict resolution a spoiler is a leader or faction that believes an emerging peace settlement threatens its power or interests and so uses violence or obstruction to undermine it. Stedman's 1997 Spoiler problems in peace processes introduced the term as an analytic category, distinguishing limited, greedy, and total spoilers and the strategies third parties use to manage them. The referent is a strategic actor defined by its disruptive relationship to a settlement, assessed by goals and behaviour, and it has nothing to do with a wing panel or a plot reveal except the common idea of spoiling something others want.[1]

Unit
Not applicable (a category of strategic actor)
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Classified by the spoiler's aims (limited, greedy, total) and its commitment to derailing the agreement

Psychology of narrative

Advance disclosure of a story's outcome

In the psychology of reading a spoiler is information that reveals a narrative's outcome before the audience reaches it, the plot twist or ending given away in advance. Leavitt and Christenfeld's 2011 Story spoilers don't spoil stories tested the folk belief that such disclosures ruin enjoyment and found, surprisingly, that readers often rated spoiled stories as more enjoyable. The referent is a piece of outcome-revealing information and its effect on reader experience, measured by enjoyment ratings, and it is a different construct from a lift-dumping panel or a peace-wrecking faction, joined only by the word.[2]

Unit
Not applicable (outcome-revealing information)
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Studied experimentally by comparing enjoyment ratings of spoiled versus unspoiled versions of a story

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References

  1. Stedman, S. J. (1997). Spoiler problems in peace processes. International Security, 22(2), 5–53. https://doi.org/10.1162/isec.22.2.5
  2. Leavitt, J. D., & Christenfeld, N. J. S. (2011). Story spoilers don't spoil stories. Psychological Science, 22(9), 1152–1154. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611417007

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